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Insights from Patrick Voorma on leadership, pressure, and thinking clearly at depth

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Free guides and frameworks to support your leadership journey

The Pressure Map

Visual framework showing how pressure distorts judgment at different depths

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Pressure Management Guide

8-page guide covering the Thermocline Effect, early-warning signs, and peer support framework

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Leadership Isolation
75 meters underwater I was drowning alone The dive was routine. Until it wasn’t.
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Pressure Management
Corporate coaching isn't growing because leaders want to be better. It's growing because they're close to breaking. Global corporate coaching spend hit £2.4 billion in 2024.
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Diving Metaphors
Every dive starts with a buddy check. Air on. Releases clear.
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Pressure Management
I lost sleep, money, and my ego building my first business. The lessons had nothing to do with ideas. Most people assume success comes from intelligence.
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Pressure Management
Leadership gets quieter the higher you go. More decisions. Fewer people you can think out loud with.
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Pressure Management
Most decision failures don’t happen because someone is incapable. They happen because pressure quietly changes how judgment works. Not dramatically.
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Diving Metaphors
Most leaders don't notice when their judgement starts to bend. It doesn't happen in a crisis. It happens quietly.
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Pressure Management
Pressure rarely shows up in dramatic moments. It hides in the quiet ones. The slightly slower decision.
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Vulnerability
The most dangerous pressure is the kind you've stopped noticing. It doesn't feel like pressure anymore. It feels like Tuesday. I see this constantly with the leaders I work with.
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Diving Metaphors
You're not burned out. You're at depth. There's a difference. Burnout is a label. Depth is a position.
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